It seems that Greg Ball just is unable to keep from cheating. In Mr. Ball’s world, the rules just don’t apply to him.

The complaint (attached) alleges the Mr. Ball directly or through a failure to supervise his staff has violated numerous campaign finance laws. Mr. Ball solicited and accepted campaign contributions from corporations. He solicited funds in excess of the contribution limits. He did a round of robo-calls (don’t you love getting those?), without announcing who paid for the calls or approved the message, also a violation of campaign finance laws.

There's more

The complaint prompted me to take a my own look at Mr. Ball’s disclosure report. The report raises more questions than it answers. The first half-dozen contributions come from LLCs or partnerships. Those may be legit or they may not be, you can’t tell from the report. There are numerous in kind contributions, matched with in-kind distributions. Again it could be ok, but these could also be masking excessive contributions and corporate contributions. There are more questions; I hope the FEC will deal investigate.

Ball, as a member of the State Assembly and as a wannabee Congress member, apparently wants to make laws. But he seems incapable of doing it legitimately. He apparently just makes up the rules as goes along to suit his personal needs, that's the kind of legislating Greg Ball does.

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